# Dopey 587:  Heroin! Porn! ACID! The Grateful Dead! Bam Margera! The Greatest Brandon Novak Episode Ever? with Joe Frantz!

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Podcast: [Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100)
Published: 2026-06-12T18:51:44+00:00
Episode link: https://www.dopeypodcast.com
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro song: "A Podcast Showing A Lot of Love for Recovery" 1:40 Oro Recovery sponsor 3:35 Dave welcomes listeners and complains about installing air conditioners 4:45 Summer bike ride with Heart Attack Doug 5:15 Dead rat discovered in the basement 6:15 Dave crawls under the porch and removes another dead rat 7:20 Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and stickers 7:50 Stress and excitement surrounding the Dopey Short Film Festival 8:15 Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle causes panic 10:00 Mountainside sponsor and Film Festival support 11:00 Voicemail: fake liquid LSD scam turns into sweaty molly disaster 15:20 Dave reflects on fake acid stories and MDMA-assisted therapy 17:35 Brayburn sponsor 18:10 Patreon and Spotify comments from the Kelly P episode 24:40 Workit Health sponsor 25:10 Dave introduces Brandon Novak 37:15 Brandon Novak joins Dopey 39:30 Novak on being "more famous now" because of recovery 41:45 Novak shares a powerful story about his sister and recovery 46:15 Methadone and Xanax memories 50:50 Novak reflects on 11 years sober 53:00 How addiction became his life's purpose 57:45 Divine inconveniences, recovery, and God's will 1:00:00 How Novak finally became teachable 1:04:00 Selling his own books to buy heroin 1:05:30 Joe Frantz joins the show 1:08:00 Dreamseller publishing disaster and ebook negotiations 1:12:00 Stories from Viva La Bam and active addiction 1:14:50 The missing $1,500 check story 1:17:15 The stolen iPhone story 1:20:00 Why Frantz believed Novak could finally recover 1:24:30 How Dreamseller was actually written 1:29:00 The documentary about Novak 1:31:30 Novak reflects on Frantz's role in saving his life 1:36:00 Novak's mother, illness, and funeral plot story 1:45:00 Fantastic Whores 4 and the infamous stunt-cock story 1:49:30 Redem…

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